Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5583 18 Apr 2025, 12:36

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 40:35.443 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.896
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:31.062
And I update APT using apt 13.443
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 22.854
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.590
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.237
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.568
And persistence is disabled 0.473
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:32.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 25.924
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.414
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.137
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.084
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.392
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.416
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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59.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.543
And the system is very low on memory 3.636
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.277
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.469
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.183
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.545
And I free up some memory 3.452
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.512
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.492
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.368
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.412
And all tps features are active 2.245
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.480
When I disable the first tps feature 6.638
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.008
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.759
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.385
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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21.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.959
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 6.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.102
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.077
When I enable the first tps feature 3.906
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.334
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.290
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.761
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 6.338
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.286
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.659
And the network is plugged 0.107
And Tor is ready 21.553
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.668
When I write some files expected to persist 1.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.498
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 24.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.171
And the network is plugged 0.343
And Tor is ready 19.355
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.291
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.402
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:10.781
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 17.625
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product
1:33.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 50.162
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.114
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.775
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:30.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.902
When I enable persistence 32.261
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.050
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.895
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.772
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.376
When I cold reboot the computer 7.188
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.502
Given I enable persistence 17.928
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.555
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.420
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
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3:44.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.136
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 36.002
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.464
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:7.397
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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55.054
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.338
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.242
Then persistence is disabled 0.441
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.899
And all notifications have disappeared 9.374
When I delete the persistent partition 6.654
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.048
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.591
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:5.159
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:38.035
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.002
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 0.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.280
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.226
And all notifications have disappeared 8.615
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.932
And all tps features are enabled 2.382
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:42.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:22.417
And I enable persistence 29.871
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.888
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.439
And persistence is enabled 2.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.913
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.866
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.354
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.166
When I enable persistence 24.270
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.125
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.769
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.221
When I try to enable persistence 0.363
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.347
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.577
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.711
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.202
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:52.162
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.027
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.460
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.877
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 3.878
When I log in to a new session 37.824
And all notifications have disappeared 8.507
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.598
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.301
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.471
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.910
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:52.787
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.820
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.782
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.532
When I try to enable persistence 0.374
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 16.749
When I log in to a new session 47.732
And all notifications have disappeared 7.963
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.850
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000